Christ Community Church of Pembroke Pines

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                                         “The Meaning of a Miracle”

                                                        Acts 3:1-16

The Meeting (vv.1-5)

The Miracle (vv. 6-8a)

The Marvel (vv.8b-11) 

The Message (vv. 12-16)

Committed to Community

Acts 2:43-47

In Time and Treasure (vv. 43-44)

What is God like?

7 Things:

Eternal

All-powerful, all-knowing and all-present

Perfectly holy and righteous

All-sovereign

Perfectly good and true

Love

Our savior

Jo. 4:21, 23 21 Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father… 23 But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him.

In Talent (vv. 45-47)

Pro. 19:17, Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his deed).

2 Cor. 8:13-15 13 For I do not mean that others should be eased and you burdened, but that as a matter of fairness 14 your abundance at the present time should supply their need, so that their abundance may supply your need, that there may be fairness. 15 As it is written, “Whoever gathered much had nothing left over, and whoever gathered little had no lack.”

Application for CCC:

(1) Practice Hospitality

(2) Practice Shepherding

Eph. 4:15b-16 .. speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, 16 from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.

                                    “Committed to Community, Pt.1”

                                                         Acts 2:42

Heb. 10:24-25 24 And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, 25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.

1 Pet. 2:2, Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation. Spiritual babies become spiritual adults and some become spiritual leaders, if they’re called and gifted for that.

2 Tim. 4:2-4  2 preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching. 3 For the time is coming when people will not endure sound[a] teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, 4 and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.

Jo. 13:34-35 34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. 35 By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

2 Cor. 6:14 Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?

 The Reward of My Redeemer                

                                                             Job 19:25-27

The Fact of the Resurrection (v.25)

Psa. 34:18-19 18 The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit. 19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all.

Heb. 11:17 a, 19a 17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac…, 19 He considered that God was able even to raise him from the dead

The Comfort of the Resurrection (vv. 26-27)

1 Jo. 3:2 Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is..

Psa. 17:15; 16:10-11  As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness… 16:10 For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let your holy one see corruption. 11 You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

1 Cor. 15:16, 20-22 16 For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised. ..  20 But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21 For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. 

Psa. 40:1-3 He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure. He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God.

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                                                     “The Gospel Call”

                                                         Acts 2:37-41

The Conviction (v. 37) 

Heb. 4:12 For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart..  

The Change (vv. 38-40) 

Ro. 6:3-4 3 Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.

Acts 16:31-33 31 And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.” 32 And they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house. 33 And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their wounds; and he was baptized at once, he and all his family.

Jo. 14:16-17a, 26  16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper,[f] to be with you forever, 17 even the Spirit of truth,.. 26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. 

The Consequence (v. 41) Luke's use of a specific number suggests records were kept of conversions and baptisms – numbers are given 12 more x btwn here and ch. 19 (membership roll). Pastors and church leaders need to know who they’re responsible for in their ministry.  

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                                              “The Case for the Christ”

                                                          Acts 2:24-36

A Resurrection Prophecy (vv. 24-32)

Col. 2:13-14 13 And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, 14 by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross.

A Messianic Prophecy (vv. 33-36)

Heb. 1:9  You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions

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                             “Gospel Sovereignty and the Will of God”

                                                           Acts 2:22-23

Christology (v.22) 

Divine Sovereignty (v. 23a) 

Isa. 53:4,10  4 Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted… 10 Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him; he has put him to grief; when his soul makes an offering for guilt,     he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days; the will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.

Psa. 33:10-11  10 The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; he frustrates the plans of the peoples. 11 The counsel of the Lord stands forever, the plans of his heart to all generations.

Psa. 135:6 Whatever the Lord  pleases, he does, in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all deeps. 

Isa. 46:9–10: “I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose.’”

Deut. 32:39 “‘See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god beside me; I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand.

Isa. 45:5a, 7  5 I am the LORD, and there is no other, besides me there is no God; 7 I form light and create darkness; I make well-being and create calamity; I am the LORD, who does all these things.

Deut. 29:29 “The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.”  

Pro. 16:33 The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the Lord.

Gen. 50:20  As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people[a] should be kept alive, as they are today.

Pro. 16:1 The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.

Human Responsibility (v.23b)

Ja. 4:13-15   

 Love God, Love People - the Greatest Commandment                   

                                         Matt. 22:36-40

First Priority (vv. 36-38)

Jo. 5:42   But I know that you do not have the love of God within you. ;8:42  Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and I am here. I came not of my own accord, but he sent me.

Psa. 34:8 8 Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him! 119:103 How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

Psa. 42:1-2  As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?[; 63:1 O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you;
    my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.

Psa. 16:11 You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy;  at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

Second Priority (vv. 39-40)

Jo. 14:23  Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. ; 15:10  If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love.

1 Jo. 4:21 And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother; (13:8-10)

Gal. 5:13c-14 … but through love serve one another. 14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

Rev. 2:4-5 4 But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first. 5 Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.

- 4 ways to rekindle your love for God:

1. Repent (Psa. 51:10-12)

2. Remember (Lu. 7:36-50)

3. Request: 1 Jo. 4:7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God (Heb. 10:24-25a).

4. Read (Psa. 119:35, 47-48).

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                                           “The Prophecy at Pentecost”

                                                            Acts 2:14-21

For Then (vv. 14-16) 

For Today (vv. 17-21)

Ro.8:9 You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.

Heb. 1:1-2a 1 Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son..)

Matt. 24:29-31 29 “Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 30 Then will appear in heaven the sign of the Son of Man, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

Ro. 10:13    For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

The Command (v.4)

Pro. 24:11 11 Rescue those who are being taken away to death; hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter.

Pro. 24:12 If you say, “Behold, we did not know this,” does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who keeps watch over your soul know it, and will he not repay man according to his work?

The Cause (v.5)

We want to convince people to:

1. Treasure human life.

2. Reject abortion.

3. Experience God's forgiveness.

4. Rescue the innocent, one mother and one baby at a time

Pro-Life Logic:

1. Intentionally killing an innocent human being is a moral wrong.

2. Abortion on demand is the intentional killing of an innocent human being.

3. Therefore, abortion is a moral wrong.

Psa. 139:13, 15-16a 13 For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. 15 My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth.

16 Your eyes saw my unformed substance;…

Jer. 1:5 “Before I formed you in your mother’s womb I chose you. Before you were born I set you apart….”